Ferrari Testarossa - Barkaways Servicing & Maintenance

A classic 80's Ferrari has been with us for the Barkaways treatment in the form of this Testarossa.
Watch Ian discuss the car and take it out for its post-servicing test drive.
www.barkaways.com
Instagram: / barkaways
Facebook: / barkaways
Twitter: / barkaways
Music released by Karl Casey/White Bat Audio
Original Upload: White Bat Audio - Hackers • 80s Retrowave / Synthw...

[@davidr9614]

A piece of art 🙏

[@timothyrogers62]

great looking car. real classic.

[@vitormanuelsousa5655]

Very nice video Mr Ian!😀 Greetings from Portugal!!

[@petel9242]

Superb Ian, always so informative, thanks for posting. I so want a Testarossa...

[@supersonique001]

Very true on the 2nd gear when cold, when I owned mine, it was easier to go from 1st to 3rd with no problem because of the immense torque available until all the fluids got to operating temp. It's basically a 512bbi that went to charm school! A superb GT.

[@jasonzona3386]

First stumbled on the 6R4 then this, I’m hooked. Fab content 👍

[@FeeeshEP3]

same here!

[@iainmartin2510]

Really good videos, thoroughly enjoyable to watch....keep up the good work.

[@crxtfr]

Excellent! thanks for posting!!

[@robjeeves]

Superb car and presentation. Great video

[@davey_projects2977]

Just discovered your chanel. Great content. Keep it coming!

[@jasonjcr_cars819]

Great rundown / review on my teenage icon! My god that sounds so dam good! Looks well sorted too. Steering wheel is even on the right side. I’m really very torn to get one or not. I only need to hear that and it immediately makes me think I should finally bite the bullet… This was my poster car growing up. Still have it in-fact. Keep the 550/328? hmmm. Jason #jcr_cars

[@duanearcher7576]

Excellent videos; thank you!

[@panasonicchrome7915]

I love that car when i was i kid and i still do Its the best looking Ferrari of all Ferrari 😍

[@tacfoley4443]

The Boxer engine is not 'horizontally-opposed' - for that to be the case, the pistons would need to move towards each other, as they do in the L60 6-cylinder engine in the Chieftain tank, or the flat-10 in the T-64 tank.

[@jonathantennantphotography2869]

Great video, how's my old 7 ?

[@knight1515]

I actually thought only Subaru had boxer engines So super cool 😍

[@JAG312]

The current motor oi;s have had the zinc removed. Does the oil for the Testarossa need a zinc additive when the oil is changed?

[@jasonprice8158]

now I know why I keep seeing Ferrari’s on that road 👍

[@kavinskysmith4094]

I'm just curious how much of a difference is there between the 84 to 85 cars with the single disc clutch vs the double from the 86 onwards, like do they have the same issue with the amount of effort that is required, and with the gearshift effort, has anyone tried putting in a modern carbon clutch like I've heard of some people doing with cars like the Lamborghini murcielago to see if that helps easy that issue the TR's have?

[@lebojay]

I can’t speak to the early cars, but the clutch in my ‘88 is not bad. Heavier than a modern car, but not so heavy that you’d complain about it. Nothing the guy in this video said about transmissions applies to my car. Some are better than others, and the shift linkage is sensitive to small adjustments. A low-effort shift at all speeds and temperatures is possible from these cars. I always read about, “you have to skip second gear until the gearbox is warm.” It just isn’t true if the shift linkage is adjusted correctly and the synchros are good.

[@kavinskysmith4094]

@@lebojay thanks, and that make sense, we are talking cars that left the factory over 30 years ago, complete with all the wear and tear and bad driving that came with it afterwards, and mixed in with all the group think of the internet, its nice to know that they arent junk like some of these people seem to be making them out to be.

[@lebojay]

@@kavinskysmith4094 I wasn’t sure what to expect when I bought my TR, but it is sublime. I’d drive it everywhere if cost were no object.

[@supervette9953]

how far back were you sitting, just curious if the seat was all the way back or if it could go back little more

[@mikedemasi4100]

They go back a lot more .

[@lebojay]

I’m 6’2” and I find the TR extremely comfortable.

[@mroldvalor7637]

great supercar ever

[@jamescaban7710]

Slight correction it is a horizontally-opposed engine, it is not a boxer engine., you asked?what is a boxer engine? Tke CRANKSHAFT in a boxer=Pistons cancel each other out. In a H-opposed Ferrari testarossa/Berlinetta boxer it is a standard ferrari V12 firing order

[@erik_cruz]

"Boxer" is a nickname for a horizontally opposed engine. A qualifier such as, "Well technically..." negates the the fact that nicknames are informal by nature.

[@expatgringo7538]

It would on dyno rate like it had probably 200 HP if engine power was lost by designing it with engine l in front. so yes 400 HP is amazing at the rear wheels

[@JulioCesar-nf1dr]

V12?

[@Cosmo95_]

180-degree V12

[@billymania11]

I don't particularly care for old Ferrari's as I think the bang-for-the-buck metric is not there but to each their own. Don't get me wrong, I like seeing them on the road and I'll tip my hat.

[@rogeeeferrari]

This is not an old Ferrari...

[@tornadosound]

omg

[@Jordi-Jan]

Sorry to hear "boxer" again and again when people speak about 512s ans Testarossas. Specially when this word is said by mechanics, dealers or people that are supposed to take care of them. PLEASE: these engines have horizontally opposed cylinders, and they are FLAT, but they are NOT BOXERS. A boxer engine has the couples of piston rods in opposed knuckles of the crankshaft. In this way, pairs of pistons work symmetrically balancing the movement. The engines mounted on 512s and Testarossas are flat, but each pair of rods is connected to one knuckle. This would be devastating in a Citroën 2cv or in a BMW motorbike with only 2 cylinders, but this jewel has 12, so who cares. Testarossa engine is a 180 degree V12, NOT a boxer.

[@ramon1292]

Amén.

[@rwullems]

Noticed that to, did not expect this from a " specialist".

[@DrDarkMatter]

ITS NOT A BOXER ITS A FLAT! IT SHOULD HAVE SEPARATE CRANK PENS!

[@rogeeeferrari]

The BBI had fuel injection and electronic ignition, so this isn't the first Ferrari with that as you say. BBi had a twin disc clutch, never seen a single disc BB clutch, maybe thats a Euro thing. Service and maintenance ? Didn't hear anything on that subject, just a boring test drive, You people need to do better...

[@johnstoner2384]

Ferrari Testarossa won of the best Ferrari 'since the Ferrari 365 512 and the 512 M and and make your head turn and i am a Ferrari nut

[@expatgringo7538]

What else doesn't he know ???

[@mauriceclemens3286]

One of my least favorite Ferraris. I love the 365 and 512 Boxers.

[@expatgringo7538]

390hp at the rear wheels is like 600 plus if the engine was conventional in front due to loss caused by drive train. The lack of power steering AND power brakes is same on all Ferrari to not take away power. This guy doesn't know much about much. Would hope he didn't work on any Ferrari, he obviously doesn't know much !!!!!!!

[@hervavengill8734]

Why wouldn't he make a video showing the car from outside driving . who cares about him driving it from inside . hes even got a Camera guy and still rushed through the video typical business minded bottom line type of guy

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly soon all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime.!!!!